Record unemployment, jobless for 43, 9% of young people – AGI – Agenzia Journalistic Italy

Record unemployment, jobless for 43, 9% of young people – AGI – Agenzia Journalistic Italy

14:20 January 7, 2015

(AGI) – Rome, January 7 – New record unemployment: according to Istat, the unemployment rate and ‘rose to 13.4% in November, an increase of 0.2 percentage points in quarterly terms and 0.9 points in twelve months. The number of unemployed, reached 3 million 457 thousand, an increase of 1.2% from the previous month (+40 thousand) and 8.3% yoy (+264 thousand). The employed decreased by 48 000 units’ from the previous month and 42 000 on an annual basis.
New record for the unemployment rate among the aged 15-24, at 43.9%, an increase of 0 , 6 percentage points from the previous month and by 2.4 points in the trend comparison. The number of unemployed under 25 and ‘amounted to 729 thousand people. In Europe unemployment and ‘remained stable, with a rate of 11.5% in the Eurozone in November and 10% in the EU. In Germany the rate and ‘dropped to a record low of 6.5%. Trade unions and opposition parties criticized the government 217;s policies, which have not affected employment postivamente but Labour Minister, Giuliano Poletti, invites to wait relapse of Jobs Act and Law of Stability ‘: “Only in the coming months you will see effects “of the reforms. “And ‘in fact reasonable to assume – said – that the three-year total decontribution planned for new employees on permanent contracts in 2015 and the activation of the contract to increasing protections, have affected and will affect the choices of many companies, pushing them to postpone the decision to proceed to new hires when fully operational these tools that make them more ‘affordable’. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said Istat data with Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan, however judging a good signal the decline of idle workers: for the government the effects of the new measures at work will be seen in time.
L ‘ Istat also released data on the average annual inflation rate for 2014 stood at 0.2%, down one percentage point compared to 2013 (+ 1.2%). This is the rate more ‘lowest since 1959. In the Eurozone consumer prices for the first time since October 2010, came in December in negative level: -0.2% annual rate according to Eurostat’s flash estimate , versus + 0.3% the previous month and an expected -0.1%. For the Commission so European is a “negative provisional” different but ” a clear deflation “.